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Re: [PATCH 5.12 regression fix resend 1/1] brcmfmac: p2p: Fix recently introduced deadlock issue

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Hi,

On 4/6/21 12:17 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Commit a05829a7222e ("cfg80211: avoid holding the RTNL when calling the
>> driver") replaced the rtnl_lock parameter passed to various brcmf
>> functions with just lock, because since that commit it is not just
>> about the rtnl_lock but also about the wiphy_lock .
>>
>> During this search/replace the "if (!rtnl_locked)" check in brcmfmac/p2p.c
>> was accidentally replaced with "if (locked)", dropping the inversion of
>> the check. This causes the code to now call rtnl_lock() while already
>> holding the lock, causing a deadlock.
>>
>> Add back the "!" to the if-condition to fix this.
>>
>> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Fixes: a05829a7222e ("cfg80211: avoid holding the RTNL when calling the driver")
>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This is already applied:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers.git/commit/?id=bd83a2fc05ed323d7ae38443a6d2e253ef1c4237

But it is not yet in 5.12-rc6, even though this is a regression fix for a
regression introduced in 5.12. What is the plan to get this into 5.12 ?

Regards,

Hans




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